Poison (Alice Cooper song)

"Poison"
Song

"Poison" is a song by artist Alice Cooper, released worldwide as a single in 1989 and is featured on his 18th studio album Trash. The song was one of his biggest hit singles in his home country, the United States, peaking at #7 on the singles chart, while peaking at #2 in the UK, only being held off the top spot by hit dance record, "Swing the Mood" by Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers.

This song is one of Alice Cooper's most well-known songs, and provided his last major mainstream hit, in 1989. It has been covered many times by recent pop bands, such as Groove Coverage on 7 Years and 50 Days. The most recent cover is by Tarja Turunen (ex-lead singer of Nightwish) on her 2nd studio album My Winter Storm.

The lyrics describe the narrator's love for a femme fatale, but it has been speculated that the woman may not be "the poison running inside my [Cooper's] veins." The song changes key 4 times in the chorus, quite unusual in a straight rock song.

The Music Video

The video to the song shows Alice Cooper being chained to a bizarre mechanism and having a ghostly woman looming over his body while he sings. The video had to be censored for showings during the day, due to nudity involving a woman, (played by Rana Kennedy), showing her breasts and wearing nothing but a pair of black pants, looming between lots of chains as Alice watches on. The video is still often played on VH1 Classic's Metal Mania with alternate non-nude scenes.

The Lyrics

Your cruel, devised
Your blood, like ice
One look could kill
My pain, your thrill
I want to love you but I better not touch (don’t touch)
I want to hold you but my senses tell me to stop
I want to kiss you but I want it too much (too much)
I want to taste you but your lips are venomous poison
You're poison running through my veins
You're poison, I don't want to break these chains
Your mouth, so hot
Your web, I'm caught
Your skin, so wet
Black lace on sweat
I hear you calling and its needles and pins (and pins)
I want to hurt you just to hear you screaming my name
Don't want to touch you but you're under my skin (deep in)
I want to kiss you but your lips are venomous poison
You're poison running through my veins
You're poison, I don’t wanna break these chains
Poison
One look could kill
My pain, your thrill
I want to love you but I better not touch (don’t touch)
I want to hold you but my senses tell me to stop
I want to kiss you but I want it too much (too much)
I want to taste you but your lips are venomous poison
You're poison running through my veins
You're poison, I don’t wanna break these chains
Poison
I want to love you but I better not touch (don’t touch)
I want to hold you but my senses tell me to stop
I want to kiss you but I want it too much (too much)
I want to taste you but your lips are venomous poison, yeah
I don't want to break these chains
Poison, oh no
Running deep inside my veins,
Burning deep inside my veins
It's poison
I don't wanna break these chains
Poison

Cover Versions

"Poison" is the first single from the 2004 album 7 Years and 50 Days by German trance group Groove Coverage. It was also released as an EP.

It has also been covered by Tarja Turunen on her 2007 album, My Winter Storm.

Remixes

As with most electronic/Dance music, Posions comes in various remixes.

• Radio Version (3.05)
• Rock The Radio Mix (3.26) [Also known as Rock Mix]
• Club Mix Short (3.27)
• Extended Version (5.04)
• Club Mix (6.07)
• Tune Up! Remix (5.38)
• The Paragod Remix (5.40)
• Friday Night Posse Remix (5.50)
• KB Project Remix (5.27)
• Scott Brown Remix (5.25)

Chart Positions

Chart (2003)	Peak position
Germany Singles Chart	7
Australian Singles Chart	3
Austria Singles Chart	3
UK Singles Chart	2
Ireland Singles Chart	2
Spanish Singles Chart	29
Europe Singles Chart	36
World Singles Chart	50

External links

• Music Video - Poison (1989) @ My80s.biz